The Night Game Mani’a Said al-’Otaiba The village becomes divided

The village becomes divided

translated by Quentin Crisp

Mehdi Charef: continuing excerpt from Alexina’s House

Sven Smedberg

and are truly haunting reflections on the nature of suffering

The Night Game Mani’a Said al-’Otaiba The village becomes dividedIn her late thirties and obsessed with her ex husband Mary lives in her childhood home a rambling brownstone on New Yorks Lower East Side. Returning from work her thoughts are on a therapy session from earlier that day, and on the group meeting she will attend later in the week. One of the other members of the group is an old flame, Vincent, whose re emergence into her life two years previously sparked the breakdown of marriage. Unnerved by a series